Web Articles & Interviews

Web Articles

Theology & The Arts

“Cultivating Imagination, Stories and Childlikeness,” St Timothy's Classical Academy.

“‘Just the Time for Story-telling’: George MacDonald and a Christ-Wise Imagination,” Radix Magazine, (December 19, 2020).

"Keeper of the Word: A Review of The Door on Half-Bald Hill," The Rabbit Room, (June 2, 2020).

“Every Wrinkle Tells a Story: Celebrate or Eradicate?," Patheos, (November 16, 2016).

“An Urgent Call to the Holiness of Childlikeness,” Patheos, (May 11, 2016).

“Factual Myth, The Legend of Faith,” Patheos, (March 9, 2016).

“Deliver Us from Atrophy,” Everyday Theology, (2016).

“At Home with Unicorns,” Everyday Theology, (2016).

“Cultivating Apprehension: Beauty & Kids’ Lit,” Everyday Theology, (2015).

"Sacred Story: MacDonald's Use of Fiction," Christianity Today, (2005).

Visual Arts

“Come Worship and Bow Down: David Jones's Animals Kneeling,” ArtWay, (2018).

"Three Gift-giving Fathers: J. R. R. Tolkien's A Merry Christmas," ArtWay, (December 25, 2016).

"Awakening the Fools: Cecil Collins's The Joy of the Fool," ArtWay, (March 2, 2014).

(in English and in Dutch)

"Leaping into the Liminal: Erica Grimm's Only Say the Word," ArtWay, (November 24, 2013).

“Life More Abundant: Emily Carr's Wood Interior and Big Raven,” ArtWay, (July 7, 2013).

(in English and in Dutch)

"Transformative Reception: Arcabas's L'onction de Nard," ArtWay, (March 27, 2011).

Ecology

See also mythopoeic_life on Instagram for Kirstin’s nature photography paired with short reflections, related poems, and quotations.

At Home with Unicorns

Once upon a Christmas, many years ago, my sister and I awoke to discover the horns snapped off of every single one of our unicorn sugar cookies...

Deliver Us from Atrophy

My father gave me this page (in photo above) when I was about twelve. It is from a Lady’s Prayer Book, used for devotional reading, and was crafted in France...

Cultivating Apprehension

If it were possible via the internet, I would begin this article by asking you to close your eyes and listen, as I read a short story called “An Epiphany Tale” by George McKay...

“The Best Victorian Fantasy Novels Recommended by Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson,” Sylvia Bishop, Five Books, July 27, 2024.

"Interview with George MacDonald Scholar Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson," G. Connor Salter, Fellowship & Fairydust, April 17, 2024.

"George MacDonald: A Life of Relationships," Radix Magazine, November 9, 2021.